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- German · derived fromschwarze
- English todayBlack Dutch
In reference to Germans, a mangled calque of German schwarze Deutsche (“black Germans”) under influence from Dutch.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
black Dutch
Today it means: A European with dark hair, eyes, and skin, especially one from or claiming to be from Germany or the Netherlands, sometimes (derogatory, ethnic slur) with disparaging racial overtones. Full definition →
German schwarze